EdgewoodIN
A town of 2,087, founded in 1916.
Is Edgewood a good place to live?
Edgewood’s best subject grades are an A for cost of living and incomes; its weakest is a C− for schools. On incomes, just 67 of Indiana’s 1,096 towns do better. 24% of residents are 65 or older in Edgewood, against 18% in Indiana’s towns and 18% across U.S. towns. Only 108 of Indiana’s 1,098 towns score lower on history. Edgewood has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Edgewood stand out
Where Edgewood beats most towns.
98% of working residents leave Edgewood for work
Where Edgewood’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Edgewood grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Indiana), ordered by how far Edgewood is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Edgewood: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Edgewood, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Edgewood.
Most of Edgewood’s workers commute out: the town has 0.2 jobs for each of them
Most working residents leave Edgewood for work: only 2% work in town. 2.9% of Edgewood residents live below the poverty line, where Indiana’s towns sit at 10% and U.S. towns at 9.6%. Since 2013, Edgewood has added 32 jobs, to 145 in 2023.
| Edgewood | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 2.9% | 10% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.4% | 11% | 8% |
| Work from home | 13% | 7.8% | 11% |
| Average trip to work | 27 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Inland flooding leads a low hazard risk in Edgewood
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 72% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Edgewood has four seasons and pleasant summers
Edgewood has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 20° and about 21 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Older than Indiana overall
People 65 and older are 24% of residents (17% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 17% of residents (23% statewide). 38% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Edgewood.
| Edgewood | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 38% | 22% | 29% |
| Under 18 | 26% | 23% | 22% |
| Median age | 41.9 years | 39.4 years | 40.5 years |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±8.6 points. Across Indiana, 50.4% of residents are women.
| Edgewood | IN | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 12.4% | 12.4% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 13.3% | 10.9% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 4.3% | 9.6% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 13% | 13.1% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 9% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 9.7% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 14.1% | 12.5% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 12.9% | 10.1% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 11.4% | 6.7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 2.6% | 9.6% | 10.4% |
| High school | 23.6% | 32.5% | 26% |
| Some college | 24.4% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 11.3% | 9.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 29.6% | 18.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 8.4% | 10.8% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 2,100, single groups can be off by several points
Edgewood’s typical home value is about $221K
The typical Edgewood home is worth about $221,000, up 1.9% in a year, 14% below the Indiana typical home. 93% of Edgewood households own their home.
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Fewer of Edgewood’s adults binge drink than in the typical Indiana or U.S. town
Among 590 Indiana towns, just 3 have a lower share of adults who binge drink than Edgewood. Edgewood beats the Indiana average on 11 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 4.
| Edgewood | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 16% | 16% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 43% | 39% | 35% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 83% | 80% | 79% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 32% | 33% |
| What stands out | Edgewood | IN |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 10.4% | 15.4% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 6.2% | 8.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.9% | 8.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Lucas Oil Stadium and 34 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Edgewood. Close and well known come first.
Big draw33 mi Stadium & arenaLucas Oil Stadium
32 mi Stadium & arenaGainbridge Fieldhouse
18 mi MuseumConner Prairie
29 mi Stadium & arenaHinkle Fieldhouse
32 mi LandmarkSoldiers' and Sailors' Monument
12 mi TheatreRuoff Music CenterPhoto credits
Lucas Oil Stadium: Josh Hallett from Winter Haven, FL, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Gainbridge Fieldhouse: Durin at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Conner Prairie: Unknown, CC BY 2.5 · Hinkle Fieldhouse: Peetlesnumber1, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument: alexeatswhales, CC BY 2.0 · Ruoff Music Center: TownePost Network, CC BY 2.0
Everything we know about Edgewood
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Edgewood
About 3 of every 100 Edgewood residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Indiana.
About Edgewood
Town in Indiana, United States
Edgewood is a town in Anderson Township, Madison County, Indiana, United States. It is part of the Indianapolis–Carmel–Anderson metropolitan statistical area. The population was 2,053 at the 2020 census.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 0.8 sq mi
- Elevation
- 879 ft
- Area code
- 765
Edgewood’s neighbors
One town shares a border with Edgewood.
Edgewood has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Edgewood reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare Edgewood with a neighbor →
Questions about Edgewood
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Edgewood, IN expensive?
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A.